Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-18
WORK OF CONGRESS-,
Summary OF Measures that L..
Become Laws or Been
Defeated.
The Number Of Bills, Resolu,;,,
Etc, introduced in Both /
Houses.
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failed to become laws, owing to the od;.'
ment of Congress. nine of them at the c,o'4
the first session. There were 1872 bills yeto.
been vetoed from the foundation Of the I Sa
ment down to the beginning of this Cow
OF the vetoed bills n%inety-four originated X
House and thirty-nine i'll tho Senate, Rns
private bill, that granting a pension to In.
Romeiser, II one public bill for the erec,;s
a Government building ut Dayton, OH,
ceeded in passing both houses over the i.
dents veto, although several others oI,ai1
the requisite two. thirds vote in the Senate
to fail in the House.
OF the 1858 House bills which became !,
275 were of q more or less public nature. ~ ~
remaining 77s bills granting pensions or W y
TO specially designated p%ersons!, Isl; ben,
laws without the approval OF tho Presid1
The following 10 n list OF more important wv
bills which have become laws:
To forfeit the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad
grant; to increase the pensions OF widows
dependent relatives from 50 to SIP or nm
the Dingley shipping bill; to require the Fad
ing their lane grants and subject the lund IN
alton 80 soon as the companies nra cntjtls
them to increase the naval establishment
pension the Mexican war veterans the oleou
garine act; to authorize the transfer OF n
wood tract, near Chicago, to the United 81
for military purposes; to protect homesteai
tiers within railroad limits to enable nats
banking associations to increase their can
stock and change their name aud location.
grant u license to towing vessels to carry n
tied numbe of persons in addition to
crews; to forfeit the Backbone land rn
10 reduce the fees on domestic money ord,erl
sums less than SIS; to extend the imnlediat1
livery system; to prohibit the passage of
OF special avs in the Territories; to proyid1
closing up the business Of the Court of Alan
Claims; to establish additional life-savinr
tons; for the construction OF oil itional
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towns of lO,OJO inhabitants for the sale Of
Cherokee reservation in Arkansas to amend
statutes 80 as to require brewers to give N
for three times their estimated monthly
for the issue OF postal notes in sums less
SIS to validate the general laws Ut Dakota
garding the incorporation OF insurance
panies; to provide for tho inspection of tobs
cigars, and snuff, and to repeal section 81
the Revised Statutes; to make St. Cha
Mo-, u port Of entry; to allow underwd
to be recognized as consignees OF mercht
on abandoned vessels to restrict ownprst
lands in the territories to American citizen
amend the act dividing Missouri into two
cial districts, and to divide it into eastern
western divisions to prohibit Government
p'Oyes from hiring or contracting out the
of United States prisoners to amend the
~able-goods act so us to allew mera
disc to be transported in bond en- passa
trains i'll safes, pouches, and trunks, AMI
parcels to amend the act prohibiting the
portation and immigration of foreigners
labor contracts for an additional associate
tice of the Supreme Court of Wyoming; pH
ing for the location of IL branch soldiers
west of the Rocky Mountains: for tho rei
the Jeannette sufferers n%mendAtory of thu
dividing Illinois into judicial districts, and
viding for the holding of terms of court at
Tia relative to contested elections to loan
cles in the Government departments to the
nesota Industrial Exposition; to regulatd
jurisdiction of United st ties Circuit Court
the adjustment of land grants and the fd
ure OF unearned lands to add u number of
to the list of national bank reserve cities
kept in cities other than New YORK
the relief of settlers on the
lands i'll Kansas and Nebraska; 10 y1
for bringing suits against the GovernnrM
the erection Of public buildings ut Los AM
Cal, Springfield, Mo, III Paso. Tex, SAINT
N. NJ, and Jefferson. Tex. t. increase the
of cost Of public buildings ut Peoria, III,
weston, Tex, Clurksburg, w. Va, Ked
Iowa, Chattanooga, Tenn, Detroit, Mich
the completion or improvement OF public
ings at Dallas, Tex, Des Moines, Iowa,
son, Tenn. and Hannibal, Mo-, for the purd
of additional ground for the buildin. at
Wayne, Ind. for the purchase of a site
Federal building ut San Francisco, Cal.
Forty House joint resolutions became
the principal ones being as follows:
Directing the COMMISSIONS Of Labor to
IN investigation as to convict lnbor; autl
ing TIE Secretary of the Interior to use CO
uneNpended balances for the relief of
Northern C~heyennes of Wyoming; to auth
the President to protect American fishing
trading vessels u d American fish rmen d
adian waters; authorizing LII Investigate
the books, methods, and accounts of the 7
railroads.
OF the total number Of bills which passd
Senate 32O became laws, including lj
public and 205 OF u strictly private nuture.
following is q list of the more important:
The Presidential succession bill the
state bill; for tho retiremen
recoinase Of the trade dollar; the ee
count bill; for the allotment Of lands
crafty to Indians; to repeal the tenure of
act; to increase the annual appropriate
the militia; to establish agricultural e
ment stations; to legalize the incorporad
trades unions; authori- ing the TRANSMITS
weather reports through the mails free o
age; to increase the pension for loss
arm or leg; to indemnify the Chines
losses sustained by the Rock SPRING.
~ riot; for the relief of Texas,
40, Oregon: Nebraska, California, /
Nevada, Washington Territory, and
no; authorizing the sale Of certain
ernlnent property in Chicago; for tie b
OF terms of the United States Courts ~
CITY, Mich. to remove the charge OF DIES
from the records of soldier who ree1
without b wing received discharges on I'd
OF first enlistment; to establish two add
J land districts in Nebrusk ; to amend tie
relating to patents, trademarks, and
rights to extend the time for the conl}le1
go NoAAG u ltUC.A1A S'e
credit hnl SIS With Ger aiu money on o1
account; to bridge the Mil 9 ss:ppi River
i4ouls; to ALLOW receivers Of national la
Duy III trust property on the approval
comptroller of the Currency; to pronih1
importation of oiilm; for the ere ton
nc Dull lngs at san Antonio, Il xns, Hq
texas, OSHKOSH, Wis, Fort smith. Ark"
borough, N.Y., and Milwaukee, Wis. tor
the limit q. cost for public buildings at
MISS, and Denver. Col. for the compile
public buildings ut Fort Scott and W
Kansas.
Inc Senate bills vetoed were thirtyan
number, eleven being of u public AMI
elEht OF Il private character, The pubic
vetoed were as follows:
10 quiet tho titles OF settlers on u
MONIES River lands passed over the veto
, nato, but failed of tn necessary tive
IN the House,; for the erection OF public
City, Iowa, Dayton, Ohio passed over II
IN DOTH houses, and Lynn, Mass. to eAN
provisions of the Immediate tran, portsa
70 omaha. Neb.; to gram railroads riehn!
tnfough the Indian reservations i'll NJ
Montana.
The ninety-three House bills veto
Guided eighty-seven private bills and sly
were:
For the erection of Federal buildl
springfield, Mo-, Duluth, Mimi, Ashe'ils
ahd portsmouth,, Ohio; to distribute
worth OF seeds among the drought strirs1
PIE OF Texas to grant pensions to der
soidiers and dependent relatives OF us
The inhabitants of cities su1
hat the country landscape is p1
only half the wear. 7 please y